How services will be affected during Monday's Merseyrail strike

A third day of strike action means Merseyrail will run a skeleton service once again today.
Services are expected to start running later, finish earlier and will be suspended during the middle of the day.
Trains will run every 30 minutes from around 7am to 7pm, though services will be affected between peak travel times.
The New Brighton line will see trains run hourly.
There will be no trains running on the Ellesmere Port, Hunts Cross and Kirkby lines.
Key details include:
SOUTHPORT TO LIVERPOOL:
- Trains will not call at Aigburth, Bank Hall, Bootle Oriel Road, Brunswick, Cressington,... read more

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